Inherited fromOld Norsebót, fromProto-Germanic*bōtō(“recompense”).
Cognates includeOld Swedishbōt(“improvement”) whenceSwedishbot(“fine”). Compare alsoBót- in the namesBótey,Bóthildur andBótólfur,SwedishBoel andBodil andDanishBodil. Related toProto-Germanic*batiz(“good; better”), itself ultimately going back toProto-Indo-European*bʰed-(“improve, make better”) (sometimes reconstructed as **bʰ(e)Hd-).
bót f (genitive singularbótar,nominative pluralbætur)
- betterment,improvement,cure
- patch
Inherited fromProto-Germanic*buhtiz.Doublet ofbugt, a loanword.
bót f (genitive singularbótar,nominative pluralbætur)
- bight,cove,inlet,smallbay
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.).
- IPA(key): /ˈbwot/
- Rhymes:-ot
- Syllabification:bót
bót m inan
- boot
- shoe
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “but”, inSłownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[2]
- “bót”, inInternetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby,2022
- Rhymes:-ut
- Syllabification:bót
bót m inan
- (obsolete)Alternative form ofbut(“shoe”)
- (Lubawa)Alternative form ofbut(“foot”)
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “bót”, inSłownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- “BÓT”, inElektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century],28.04.2010
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “bót”, inSłownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “bót”, inSłownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz,A. Kryński,W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “but”, inSłownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page240
- Kazimierz Nitsch (1907) “bót”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, inMateryały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page387
FromProto-Tai*ɓoːtᴰ. Cognate withLaoບອດ(bǭt),Northern Thaiᨷᩬᨯ,Lüᦢᦸᧆᧈ(ḃoad¹),Shanမွတ်ႇ(màut) orဝွတ်ႇ(wàut),Ahom𑜈𑜨𑜄𑜫(bot),Thaiบอด(bɔ̀ɔt). CompareProto-Austronesian*buCa (whenceMalaybuta andHiligaynonbuta).
bót
- blind
- thabót ―blind eye
- flat;deflated
Nghé bắp mì lo̱i mặtbót.- The corn has a fewflat kernels.
- Lương Bèn (2011)Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary][3][4] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
FromFrenchbrosse.
bót
- (dated)brush (used forcleanup)
bót
- (dated)police station
2016, Trầm Hương,Trong cơn lốc xoáy, part I, NXB Phụ nữ, page367:Rất nhanh chóng, cò Bazin quay trở lạibót Catinat, với tâm thế sục sôi rửa hận.- Very quickly, superintendent Bazin returned to the Catinatpolice station, his heart boiling over with vengeance.
